If you have ever fallen down a Spanish music rabbit hole on Spotify, you’ve likely asked yourself this question: ¿Cuantas canciones tiene Melendi? (How many songs does Melendi have?)
So, go ahead. Hit shuffle on that playlist of 150+ songs. Just don't blame me if you surface three days later, suddenly knowing all the lyrics to "Caminando por la vida."
Let’s break down the real math. If we only count studio albums (from Sin noticias de Holanda in 2003 to 20 años sin noticias in 2023), the figure sits at roughly 120 to 130 unique tracks .
Before he was famous, Melendi (real name: Ramón Melendi Espina) was a street singer. He used to sell handmade CDs in the streets of Oviedo. Those songs— "La prueba," "Con la luna llena," the original versions before record labels polished them—are ghosts.
Because the magic of Melendi isn't the quantity. It's that he can sing about a "Tu jardín con enanitos" (Your garden with gnomes) and make you cry one minute, then make you dance to a rumba about a cheating lover the next.
But if you want the real answer:
At first glance, the answer seems simple. You open your streaming platform, click on his artist profile, and see a number.
